Improvement in jbee-eives



imm Patent No. 82,628, and september 29, 186s.

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TO ALL WIMOM IT MAY'GONCERN: y v y Beit known that I, BEJAHINF. NAVE, of Fort Wayne, in the conntyofA Allen, and State of Indiana,

have invented certain new Aand useful Improvements in Bee-Hives and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the' accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marke-d thereon, in which-ef l Figure lis a vertical section.

Figure an end view.

Figure- 3, a detached vie-wofl theA frame. y e The natureoi my invention consists in constructing bee-hives. Said improvements relate more particulazly to-'themethod of constructing the Vbox or case, which is composed Vof a series' of frames placed'side by side, and'united together by means of rods or other suitable'device, as will be hereaftervmore fully described,`

. To enable others skilled in the artsto'make andnse my invention, will'proceed to describe its constructio'nand. use.

A, tig. 3, represents a frame, constructed in the .manner there shown, byv-uniting three strips, a a a, of a.: snitable'width and thickness, and tying them together nesrthe bottom by meansof another narrowstrip, 6,' as".

seen inthe'drawings.

To the insideef-'the frames are secured prismatic strips, c, which extend, from the endsmofv the ti, the Whole distance -aroundthe space occupied-hy the frame.' These `prismuticvstrips are narrower than thestrips composing the frame, but are of exactly the same width as the tie b.

The lower ends of the frame at d are'ohamfered, so as to givethem 1as little bearing-surface as possible,

vhere`m'oths Vmight'shelter themselves,

Three or four of these frames are notched, as seen at el, figs. l and 3,'to admit the passage of the bees.

'When these frames are;constructedthey are placed side-by sde,'so 'as 'to form a. series of frames, which nia-ke the box, n-s seen in iig. 14, and are secured temporarily togetherby a rod, ,:z:,v of iron, passed transversely through the box, upon the end of' which is a. nut, x', which, when screwed on the rodl su, against'the frames,

securely holds them, and, ivhen turned back on therod, awayffrom the' frames, loosens' them.

Thebces are hen admitted to thehive', the ends having first beenesecured 'by inserting a'glass, covered'byA a board, to rendci-it sufficiently warm and' exclude the light. They then immediately glue all the cracks or' seams, which should form good, snug joints, and thus perfectly cementthe frames together,- so as to form one entire mass r box, which will, under all circumstances, support itself'. l

Having thus fully described its construction, Iwill now set forth the operation and advantage-ofthe same.

It will be readily lseen that a com2 lte ,hinefis thus readilyl constructed,A having allthe advantages of'the 5 most approved hives in relation to th'e'i'or'mat-iohiof the comb, which is attached to and suspended 4from theangle of theprsmatiostrips, and isothuvs rendered straight, whilethe intervals between them prevents the comb from becoming crowdedaudattached'together. Whendesirable, additional frames 'may be attached, thus increasing the size of the hive to a non-swarmer. Or framesvwith comb may be takenoff for present use at any time without" disturbing thehive.l When it becomes necessary'to vremovebne or'mreof the frames, a`

sheet of tin may be inserted betweenl the frames, after first loosening' them', and forced down betweenv the comb1 `and the bees in thatwayrare-prevented from coming out.A Those that remain-en the detaehedcomb may he removed without-injury, and the Aend closed up as het'or'e. A

- ,'What I claim as new, and'fdesire to secure by LettersPatent, is

lheframo A, constructed'ss described, andis'ecuredtogether by'means of the rod and iiut in', as shown and deli'bed,V fQf. the Purpose set forth, l

` BENLF, NAVE. {as} "Witnesses:

3H. F. WILLsox, Annan Zonne. 

